Unit 1: Colonization

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The Big Picture:

Beginning in the 1580s, numerous European powers including Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain competed to establish colonies in North America. Differences among the European colonial patterns led to varying political, economic, cultural legacies in North America, including on Native Americans. The British colonies became the most populous and successful by the 17^th century but remained divided among three distinct colonial regions: New England, mid-Atlantic, and southern colonies. The most significant difference among the British colonies was the political, economic, and social patterns of the Chesapeake and New England regions.

1 New World Encounters.doc

1a NewWorldEncounters.ppt

2 Comparing Spanish, French, English Colonial Patterns.ppt

2e European Settlement Activity.doc

3 English Roots in America--Chesapeake, NE, Middle, and Southern Colonies.doc

3 English Roots in America--Chesapeake, NE, Middle, and Southern Colonies.ppt

4 17th Century Colonial Society Notes.doc

4 17th Century Colonial Society.ppt

5 Colonial Exploitation Activity.ppt

5 Colonial Explotation Doc Activity.doc

6 Colonies in the 18th Century Notes.doc

6 Colonies in the 18th Century.ppt

7 Colonial Change Analysis.ppt

7a Student Colonial America Change Analysis.doc

Historians Many Hats.docx

Historical Thinking Skills User Friendly.docx

Is history more than just getting the facts right.docx

Notes on Native American Presentations.docx

The Historians Task.docx

Unit 2: The American Revolution

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The Big Picture:

The British victory in the French and Indian War (1754-1763) brought additional lands in the West, but significant war debts as well. To pay this debt, the British parliament moved away from salutary neglect in favor of more strict colonial control. Colonial protest to new taxes, restrictions on colonial self-government, and influence from the European Enlightenment led to a colonial Declaration of Independence in 1776. During the American Revolution, the overmatched colonists found a leader in George Washington and badly-needed French assistance after the Battle of Saratoga. When the war ended, the Treaty of Paris in 1783 brought independence and the formation of the United States.

1 French and Indian War Notes.doc

1 French and Indian War.ppt

2 Road to Revolution Notes.doc

2 Road to Revolution.ppt

3 Reporting on the Revolution.doc

4 The Path Towards Revolution Activity.ppt

5 American Revolution Notes.doc

5 American Revolution.ppt

6 Unit 2 Review--What Ifs.ppt

7 Unit 2 Review--Group Challenge.ppt

7b Unit 2 Review Game.doc

Common Sense.pdf

Dec of Indep.pdf

Unit 3: The Constitution and New Nation

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The Big Picture:

As a newly independent nation in 1783, the United States was governed by the Articles of Confederation. While this confederation avoided the re-creation of tyranny, its lack of strong central authority eventually proved ineffective, especially in light of Shays’ Rebellion. After numerous compromises, the founding fathers created the Constitution at the Philadelphia convention in 1787 which was ratified after the Anti-Federalists gained the addition of a Bill of Rights. Presidents Washington and Adams, Secretary of Treasury Hamilton, and Secretary of State Jefferson helped establish significant precedents, early foreign and domestic policies, and America’s first political parties.

1 Articles of Confederation and NW Ordinance Notes.doc

1 Articles of Confederation and NW Ordinance.ppt

2 Problems with the Articles and Calls for the Constitution.ppt

2 Problems with the Articles of Confederation Notes.doc

3 The Creation and Ratification of the Constitution.ppt

3a The Creation and Ratification of the Constitution Notes.doc

3b Constitution Scavenger Hunt.doc

4 Comparing American Governments.ppt

4 Comparing the Changes in American Government Chart.doc

5 The Washington Presidency.doc

5 The Washington Presidency.ppt

6 Jefferson vs. Hamilton Comparison.doc

6 Jefferson-Hamilton Comparison.ppt

7 The Adams Presidency.doc

7 The Adams Presidency.ppt

8 Unit 3 Review.ppt

8b APUSH Unit 3 Review.doc

sample-questions-ap-united-states-history-exam.pdf

Unit 4: Jeffersonian Democracy

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The Big Picture:

Jefferson's “Revolution of 1800” ushered in an era of dominance by the Democratic-Republicans. During the presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, the United States gained significant western lands with the Louisiana Purchase, experienced great nationalism during the War of 1812, and made a significant foreign policy initiative with the Monroe Doctrine. Despite the surge in nationalism, American also experienced growing sectionalism as western expansion and slavery made evident differences between the North and South. The end of this era is marked by a major shift in American politics. 

1 The Jefferson Presidency.doc

1 The Jefferson Presidency.ppt

2 The Role of the Judiciary in the Creation of the Nation State.ppt

2a Supreme Court Cases.docx

3 War of 1812.ppt

4 Era of Good Feelings Notes.doc

4 the Era of Good Feelings.ppt

5 Slavery & the Antebellum South.ppt

5 Slavery and the Antebellum South Notes.doc

6 Foundations of American Foreign Policy.doc

7a Unit 4 Review Activity.doc

7c Unit 4 Review.ppt

Unit 5: Jacksonian Democracy & Antebellum Changes

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The Big Picture:

The Jacksonian era was marked by increased voting rights for common white men, social reform highlighted by the temperance and abolition movements, the re-emergence of the two-party system, and controversy on a variety of issues including states’ rights, the role of the national bank, and the coexistence of Native Americans in the USA. As a result of the American System, the country became connected through a network of roads and canals and regional trade with southern cotton, northern textiles, and western grains. This birth of regional specialization and the development of transportation systems allowed for the growth of a national market economy in the United States.

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1 Growth of Democracy.doc

1 Growth of Democracy.ppt

2 Jacksons Presidency.doc

2 Jacksons Presidency.ppt

3 Van Buren, Harrison, and the Whigs.ppt

3a Van Buren, Harrison, and the Whigs.doc

4 Market and Transportation Revolution Notes.doc

4 The Market and Transportation Revolutions.ppt

5 Antebellem Reformers.ppt

6 Unit 5 Review Game.doc

7C Unit 5 Review--Group Challenge1.ppt

Unit 6: Manifest Destiny & Sectionalism

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The Big Picture:

From 1840 to 1860, the United States experienced a surge in western territorial expansion and increasing sectional tensions between the North and South. Manifest Destiny led to the acquisition of Texas and Oregon and a war with Mexico resulting in new territories in the southwest. As western territories grew in population and new states applied for statehood, sectional tensions grew over issues of regional power in the Senate, the role of the national government and states, and the growth of slavery. Compromises in 1820, 1833, and 1850 worked temporarily, but the emergence of sectional parties (Republicans and Democrats) as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 led key Southern states to secede from the Union. 

1 Manifest Destiny Notes.doc

1 U.S. Expansion West and Manifest Destiny.ppt

2 Sectional Crisis Notes.doc

2 Sectionalism.ppt

3 The Irreconcilable Period, 1856-1860.ppt

4a The Path to War-- Key Events to Southern Seccession Chart.doc

4b Antebellum Change-Over-Time Activity.doc

4c American Political Parties Family Tree.doc

5 Unit 6 Review Game.doc

John L OSullivan on Manifest Destiny.pdf

Unit 7: The Civil War and Reconstruction

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The Big Picture:

By 1861, sectional issues over states’ rights, influence over national politics, and slavery erupted in a Civil War between the Union and Confederacy. With a larger population, industrial capacity, and railroad network, the Union army was able to erode the South’s greatest strengths, its military leadership and defensive strategy. Key battles turned the tide of the war: Antietam brought an end to “King Cotton diplomacy” and a shift in the Union goal from “preserve the Union” to the emancipation of slaves. Gettysburg marked the beginning of Union success on the battlefield. When the war ended after Appomattox, the U.S. government was divided in how to bring Southern states back into the Union and protect emancipated slaves. President Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction plan (1865-1867) proved too lenient and offered little protection for African-Americans and was replaced with a more strict policy developed by Radical Republicans. Despite military districts, new Constitutional amendments, and a Freedman’s Bureau, the national government could not sustain Reconstruction attempts against white resistance, Redeemer Democrats, and the KKK. As a result of the “second corrupt bargain,” President Hayes ended Reconstruction in 1877. 

1 Secession and the Civil War.doc

1 Secession and the Civil War.ppt

2 Reconstruction Notes.doc

2 Reconstruction- Web Site Version.ppt

2b Civil War Timeline and Reconstruction Plans Review.doc

3 Retreat from Reconstruction Notes.doc

3 The Retreat from Reconstruction.ppt

4 Unit 7 Review Game.doc

Unit 8: The Gilded Age

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The Big Picture:

After the Civil War, the United States experienced national and regional changes. In the South, Reconstruction came to an end and Jim Crow laws and sharecropping became the norm. In the West, miners, ranchers, and homesteaders flooded into the frontier aided by expanded railroad networks, government incentives, and the destruction of the Plains Indians. By 1890, the western frontier and Indian resistance came to an end. In the North (and Midwest), the U.S. experienced an industrial revolution in railroads, oil, steel, and electricity. During this era, modern corporations and monopolies were formed; Southern and Eastern European immigrants flooded to America; Nativism increased; urbanization led to skyscrapers, slums, political machines. During the Gilded Age, national politicians protected corporate America and the status quo and failed to meet the needs of Native Americans, unions, urban immigrants, African-Americans, and the Populists.

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1 Exploiting the West Notes.doc

1 Exploiting the West.ppt

2 Gilded Age Industry, Urbanization, and Immigration.doc

2 ONLINE Gilded Age Industry, Urbanization, and Immigration.ppt

3 Politics of the Gilded Age.doc

Fall Final Exam Review Game 2014.doc

Unit 9: The Progressive Era

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The Big Picture:

The unrestrained capitalism and laissez-faire attitude of politicians during the Gilded Age resulted in a variety of problems and exposed a need for reform. The Progressives, led by investigative journalists and urban reformers, attempted to clean up America’s problems. While neither a unified nor wholly successful movement, progressives gained success in protecting the urban poor, improving urban infrastructure, restraining monopolies, regulating commerce, monitoring political corruption, expanding democratic opportunities, reforming the American tax and monetary system, conserving the environment. 

1 Social Progressivism Notes.doc

1 What is Progressivism and Social Progressives.ppt

1b The Jungle Excerpts and Questions.doc

2 Local, State, and National Political Progressivism.doc

2 Political Progressivism.ppt

3 American Industry and Reform--Change over time.doc

3 Reviewing the Progressives.ppt

4 Unit 9 Review Game.doc

5 Unit 9 Review-Group Challenge.ppt

Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire.doc

Unit_10: World War 1 & American Foreign Policy

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The Big Picture:

The need for oversees markets and raw materials led the United States to take a more active role in world affairs. The U.S. emerged as an imperial power after annexing Hawaii and winning the Spanish-American War. However, Americans remained committed to neutrality when it came to European affairs, especially the outbreak of the “Great War” in 1914. Despite attempts to stay neutral, the U.S. was drawn into World War I in 1917. While the U.S. played only a minor role on the battlefront, the war helped transform America at home. After the war in 1919, the United States played an important role in shaping world affairs at the Treaty of Versailles and helping create the League of Nations. However, resistance at home kept the USA from joining the League and ensuring the peace of the world in the future.

1 The Spanish-American War.doc

1 The Spanish-American War.ppt

2 Early 20th Century American Foreign Policy.ppt

2 Early 20th Century U.S. Foreign Policy.doc

3 Over There--the USA in WWI.ppt

3 Over There-The U.S. in WWI.doc

4 Over Here--the USA in WWI.ppt

4 Over Here-The U.S. Homefront in WWI.doc

5 The Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations.ppt

5 The Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations.doc

7 Unit 10 Review Game.doc

Unit_11: The 1920s & 1930s

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The Big Picture:

The end of World War I led America into a decade of wealth, prosperity, and social change known as the “Roaring Twenties.” America’s “return to normalcy” meant a retreat into neutrality and return of laissez-faire policies and encouragement of business growth. Mass production and new technologies led to an increase in consumer goods, urbanization, new forms of transportation such as the automobile and airplane, new forms of entertainment such as radios and “talking” movies, and an increase in standard of living for most citizens. African-Americans and women experienced new cultural opportunities. However, fears of such rapid social and cultural changes, especially changes in American cities, led to an anti-socialist “Red Scare,” a rise in nativism and new immigration restrictions, and a commitment to religious fundamentalism.

The roaring twenties came to a screeching halt on October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed.  Such factors as overproduction, underconsumption, unequal distribution of wealth, depressed farms, and stock market speculation plunged the United States into the Great Depression.  Widespread unemployment followed and had a variety of social and political impacts on our nation.   When Franklin Roosevelt became President in 1932, he began initiating a series of reforms known as the New Deal.  These reforms attempted to resolve issues that had led to the Depression, as well as provide new jobs for unemployed Americans.  Many of the institutions established by the New Deal still exist today.

1 Social and Economic Changes of the 1920s.doc

1 The Social Changes of the Roaring 20s.ppt

2 Politics of the 1920s.doc

2 Politics of the 1920s.ppt

2b Reviewing the 1920s.ppt

2b Roaring Twenties Culminating Activity Examining Visuals.doc

3 The Great Depression.doc

3 The Great Depression.ppt

4 FDRs New Deal.doc

4 FDRs New Deal.ppt

4b Info on New Deal Agencies for Fireside Chat Activity.doc

5 Impact of the New Deal Notes.doc

5 The Impact of the New Deal.ppt

6 Reviewing the 1920s and 1930s.ppt

6b- 1920s and 1930s Review Game 2015.doc

Unit_12: 1940s & 1950s

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The Big Picture:

The seeds of new conflict had been sown in WWI.  The postwar years brought to Europe economic difficulties and a rise of powerful dictators driven by nationalism and the desire to expand their territory.  Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler established totalitarian governments in Russia, Italy and Germany. Militant leaders took control of Japan.  These actions of totalitarian aggression led to World War II in 1939. The US struggled to remain neutral but eventually was drawn into WWII after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  On the battle front, the USA fought on two fronts: the Pacific and in Europe. At home, Americans committed to total war, women and minorities participated by working in factories, the government took increasing control over the American economy. After FDR’s death in 1945, new president Harry Truman ended the war by utilizing the advances of the Manhattan Project by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. World War II transformed America into an economic and political superpower. However, America’s rivalry with the Soviet Union began a new era known as the Cold War. The USA used economic aid, formed military alliances, built up nuclear weaponry, and fought proxy wars in an attempt to contain the growing spread of communism in Europe and across the globe. At home, the post-war economy boomed and the U.S. standard of living increased. In the 1950s, America experienced a surge in consumer spending, a baby boom, growth in suburbs, an independent youth culture, the emergence of rock ‘n’ roll and TV, and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement for African-Americans.

1 The Road to War.doc

1 World War 2.ppt

2 The Homefront of WW2.doc

3 The American Battlefront in WW2.ppt

3 The Battlefront of WW2.doc

3b Why did President Truman drop the atomic bomb.doc

4 APUSH Foreign Wars Assignment.doc

4 Comparing World Wars & Foreign Wars Change Over Time.ppt

5 Truman & the Cold War.doc

5 Truman & the Cold War.ppt

6 Eisenhower & the 1950s.doc

6 Eisenhower Foreign Policy & American Society in the 1950s (CPUSH integrated).ppt

6b Presidency Chart Truman & Eisenhower.doc

7 Unit 12 Review Game for 1940s & 1950s.doc

7b Additional Unit 12 Review Game.ppt

Unit_13: 1960-1974

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The Big Picture:

The U.S. emerged from WWII and into the Cold War. Meanwhile African-Americans were ready to wage a war of their own against discrimination and for their rights guaranteed in the Constitution.  The Civil Rights movement included numerous successes and a diversity of leaders, including Jackie Robinson’s integration of professional baseball, nonviolent protest of Martin Luther King, Jr., the radical actions of Malcolm X. The presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson brought incredible changes for Americas in the 1960s. Major civil rights laws were passed, new government programs expanded welfare and social safety nets to disadvantaged citizens, new foreign policy events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis heighted Cold War tensions and anxieties. In 1965, the United States began sending military troops to support the democratic government of South Vietnam.  With casualties mounting on the battlefront and increasing deployment of Americans to Asia, the Vietnam conflict sparked to anti-war protest in America. In addition, numerous groups of Americans demanded equality, including young people, African Americans, women, Mexican-Americans, and people accused of crimes. Conservative Americans reacted to the counter-culture protests by electing Richard Nixon into office in 1968. Despite great success in foreign policy, Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal led to widespread distrust of the government.

1 Civil Rights Movement .doc

2 The Turbulent 1960s--JFK & LBJ.doc

2 The Turbulent 1960s.ppt

3 Counter Culture & Political Protest.ppt

3 Counterculture & Social Protest.doc

4 Nixon.doc

4 Nixon.ppt

4b Comparing Presidential Scandals.doc

5 Comparing Domestic & Foreign Policies.doc

5 Unit 13 Review Game.ppt

Unit_14: 1974 to the present

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The Big Picture:

Nixon’s successors, Presidents Ford and Carter, did little to instill hope among Americans. The 1980s witnessed the growth of conservative government, strong foreign policy, and a society defined by the “me generation.” The decade began with Americans worried about issues such as stagflation, troubles in Iran, and renewed tensions with the Soviet Union. Under the leadership of Ronald Reagan, the president helped improve the economy, win the Cold War, and restore a sense of pride among citizens. Unfortunately, problems such as AIDS, drugs, homelessness, and massive government deficits also arose under Reagan. Conservativism continued under George Bush who, despite victory over Iraq in the Persian Gulf War, could not win re-election over Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992. Under Clinton, the USA experienced its longest sustained period of economic growth, but faced new problems with international terrorism. The controversial election of 2000 brought George W Bush to the White House. The Bush years were largely defined by the September 11, 2001 attack and the War on Terrorism. In 2008, America elected its first African American president, Barack Obama. 

1 Ford & Carter.doc

1 Ford & Carter.ppt

2 Reagan & Bush.doc

2 Reagan & the Republican Resurgence of the 1980s.ppt

3 Clinton & Bush.doc

3 Clinton & Bush.ppt